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Priestwell West Yorkshire Map

Traditional county: West Yorkshire · District / Borough: Calderdale · Region: Yorkshire and the Humber

Explore Priestwell, West Yorkshire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Priestwell map and move it around to re-centre it. You can change between standard map view and satellite map view by clicking the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. You can use the zoom buttons on the lower right side of the map to zoom in or out to street-level detail. You will find live weather, local and world news below.

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PlacePriestwell
Traditional CountyWest Yorkshire
District / BoroughCalderdale
RegionYorkshire and the Humber
CountryEngland, United Kingdom
Latitude53.717823
Longitude-2.090547
Place TypeSuburban Area

About Priestwell

Priestwell occupies a rugged shelf of land where the steep, gritstone flanks of the Calder Valley begin to climb toward the high moorland. It lies 0.4 miles north-east of Todmorden (from Todmorden: bearing 46°T, OS grid SD 941 246). The air here carries a sharp, thin clarity, often bringing the distant rush of the river Major Clough up from the dark ravine below to mingle with the sounds of the hillside. To the east, the deep, shadowed cleft of Kiln Clough cuts into the earth, marking a boundary where the wilder, unkempt grasses reclaim the edges of human industry. The stone houses of Priestwell are built from the same dark, mill-grit rock as the cliffs, appearing as if they were hewn directly from the hillside to withstand the persistent, scouring winds of the Pennines. Sunlight here does not merely illuminate the landscape but highlights the sharp, unforgiving geometry of the drystone walls that trace the slopes like veins on an old hand. Ancient history lingers just beyond the modern garden fence, where the traces of an enclosed Bronze Age urnfield remain as a quiet, earthen reminder of those who first cleared these rocky heights. Residents look out over a terrain that refuses to be softened, where the interplay of cloud-shadow and stone creates a restless, ever-changing portrait of a place carved by water and grit.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Kiln Clough (Valley) — 0.2 mi, 092° E
  • Patmos Garden (Park) — 0.3 mi, 239° WSW
  • Major Clough (River) — 0.3 mi, 336° NNW
  • Hippodrome Theatre (Theatre) — 0.3 mi, 199° SSW
  • Enclosed Bronze Age Urnfield 200M North West Of Hanging Field Farm (Scheduled Monument) — 0.5 mi, 021° NNE
  • Castle Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 0.6 mi, 089° E
  • Lucky Dog (Public Artwork) — 0.6 mi, 271° W
  • Shoebroad Dam (Lake / Reservoir) — 0.7 mi, 208° SSW
  • Law Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 0.8 mi, 036° NE
  • West Whirlaw (Historic Ruins) — 0.8 mi, 329° NNW
  • Dobroyd Castle (Castle) — 0.9 mi, 235° SW
  • Royd House (Historic Ruins) — 1.2 mi, 290° WNW
  • Mill Dam (Lake / Reservoir) — 1.3 mi, 127° SE
  • Lee Dam (Lake / Reservoir) — 1.3 mi, 129° SE
  • Dulesgate Water (River) — 1.3 mi, 219° SW
  • Great Rock (Viewpoint) — 1.6 mi, 047° NE
  • Stoodley Pike Monument (Monument) — 2.0 mi, 097° E
  • Wayside Cross Known As Mount Cross (Scheduled Monument) — 2.3 mi, 316° NW
  • Mount Cross (Monument) — 2.3 mi, 315° NW
  • The Astronomy Centre (Attraction) — 2.7 mi, 260° W
  • Broadhead Clough Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 3.5 mi, 086° E · 65 ha
  • Heptonstall Museum (Museum) — 3.5 mi, 053° NE
  • New Road Memorial Gardens (Park) — 3.6 mi, 064° ENE
  • The Old Bridge Over The Hebden Water At Hebden Bridge (Scheduled Monument) — 3.6 mi, 063° ENE
  • Hebden Bridge Picture House (Cinema) — 3.6 mi, 064° ENE
  • White Mires (Wetland) — 3.7 mi, 019° NNE
  • Slack Bottom Standing Stone (Attraction) — 3.7 mi, 045° NE
  • Gibson Mill (Attraction) — 3.8 mi, 031° NNE
  • Walshaw Wood (Forest / Woodland) — 4.4 mi, 028° NNE
  • Whitworth Cemetery (Historic Park or Garden) — 4.6 mi, 220° SW · 5 ha

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About This Priestwell Map Page

Explore Priestwell, West Yorkshire, with an embedded street and satellite map - switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 53.717823, -2.090547. Live weather conditions and 7-day forecasts are provided through Open-Meteo, while real-time local and world news feeds help keep the page current. Wikipedia and editorial summaries provide additional local information and context.

Location data is sourced from OS Open Names © Crown copyright and database rights 2024, Ordnance Survey, Open Government Licence v3.0, and verified by coordinates.

Page builtAugust 2026
Location dataOS Open Names © Crown copyright and database rights 2024. Ordnance Survey. Open Government Licence v3.0.
County dataTraditional county boundaries. Modern unitary authority: OS Open Names / ONS Geography.
CoordinatesWGS84 decimal degrees derived from OS National Grid (OSGB36)
Wikipedia validationArticle content matched by Wikipedia category membership (e.g. “Villages in Derbyshire”) and name verification against OS Open Names data.